getresuid, getresgid - get real, effective, and saved user/group IDs
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Description
getresuid() returns the real UID, the effective UID, and the saved set-user-ID of the calling process, in
the arguments ruid, euid, and suid, respectively. getresgid() performs the analogous task for the
process's group IDs.
Errors
EFAULT One of the arguments specified an address outside the calling program's address space.
History
Linux 2.1.44, glibc 2.3.2.
The original Linux getresuid() and getresgid() system calls supported only 16-bit user and group IDs.
Subsequently, Linux 2.4 added getresuid32() and getresgid32(), supporting 32-bit IDs. The glibc
getresuid() and getresgid() wrapper functions transparently deal with the variations across kernel
versions.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
getresuid, getresgid - get real, effective, and saved user/group IDs
Return Value
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
See Also
getuid(2), setresuid(2), setreuid(2), setuid(2), credentials(7) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 getresuid(2)
Standards
None. These calls also appear on HP-UX and some of the BSDs.
Synopsis
#define_GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include<unistd.h>intgetresuid(uid_t*ruid,uid_t*euid,uid_t*suid);intgetresgid(gid_t*rgid,gid_t*egid,gid_t*sgid);
